Braiding-machine.



R. G. RAHM.

BRAIDING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T.15,190s.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT C. RAHM, OF WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 TEXTILE MACHINE WORKS,y OF WYOMISSING, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 0F PENNSYLVANIA.

BRAIDING-MAcH-INE.

Spccication of Letters Patent.

Application tiled October 15, 19D8. Serial No. 457,770.

To all whom it may concern.'

Befit known that I, ROBERT C. RAHM, a citizen of the United .'States, and a resident of the borough of Wyomissing, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Braiding-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to braiding machines and my object is to providean improved machine adapted to produce an integrally formed flange braid comprising a cross-braid interwoven with an ordinary braid as hereafter described. 1

The invention is fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing and the novel features are particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims.

Figure l is a diagrammatic plan view of the bed plate of a braiding machine embodying my invention. Fig 2 indicates the character of braid which my improved machine is especially adapted to produce.

Referring to the drawing it will be understood that drive gears for the bobbin carriers, indicated by the dotted pitch circles, are mounted as usual between the top-plate 1 of the machine and a bottom plate not shown; andv that the carrier-operating mechanism employed is well known in its general features so that only the special arrangement of the lrace-circle courses constituting the novel features'of my invention need be specifically described.

As shown in the drawing I provide a mainbraid race-.circle course 2 bent around a braiding point 3, said course as shown having a single terminal 4 and a compound terminal 5, 6. Upon this course carriers "are traversed by well known means to produce a flat braid as usual.

To provide for producing the flange-braid' desired, one or more separate race-circle courses are added, being so arrangedthat the race-circles will cross the main-braid race-circle course so as to interlock the simultaneously formed braids at the point or points of intersection.

As shown in the drawing I have indicated two flange-braid courses 7 and 8 each provided with a single-terminal 9 and a compound-terminal l0, 1.1. The one course' 7 is passed through the main-course raceway 2 at the terminal 5, 6 thereof as shown. The other course 8 is passed through the main-course race-way at a point intermediate its ends; a compound race-circle 12, 13 'being provided in the main-course 2 at the point of crossing of the flange-course 8. Separate series of carriers are traversed on the separate race-circle courses 7 and 8 and it will be readily understood that the construction shown and described will produce a braid as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawing,-that is a main-braid a and two flange portions b and c interwoven to the mam 'braid at the intersection with the latter.

l The flange-braid course may be made to cross the main-course at any point in the length of said course and any convenient number of flange-courses may be provided running parallel with certain portions .of the mam-course as indicated. The flangecourse may obviously be extended to a greater or less extent across the main-braid course to form a double flange-braid effect, 011e on each side `of the main-braid, and the carriers upon either course may be omitted at any time to produce ordinary braid as desired.

What I claim is 1. A braiding machine having a main flatbraid carrier course, a p lurallty vof intersecting' carrier -courses each comprising a single terminal and a compound terminal,

and separate series of carriers arranged to independently traverse the respective courses so as to produce an inte rally formed flangebraid substantially as escribed.

2. A braiding machine comprising a main flat-braid carrier course bent around the braiding center. and having van intermediate Patented oct. 12, 1909.l

compound race-circle, and a separate-carrier course located between' a ortion of said main-course and the brai mg center and having a single terminal at one end and a compound terminal crossing said compound race-circle substantially as setl forth.

In testimony whereof, I' affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

- ROBERT C. RAHM. Witnesses: v y

D. MfS'rnwAn'r, W. G. STEWART. 

